Genesis (Memory of Fire 1)
Genesis, the first volume in Eduardo Galeano’s Memory of Fire trilogy, is both a meditation on the clashes between the Old World and the New and, in the author’s words, an attempt to rescue the kidnapped memory of all America.” It is a fierce, impassioned, and kaleidoscopic historical experience...
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Genesis, the first volume in Eduardo Galeano’s Memory of Fire trilogy, is both a meditation on the clashes between the Old World and the New and, in the author’s words, an attempt to rescue the kidnapped memory of all America.” It is a fierce, impassioned, and kaleidoscopic historical experience that takes us from the creation myths of the Makiritare Indians of the Yucatan to Columbus’s first, joyous moments in the New World to the English capture of New York.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781568584447 (156858444X)
ASIN: 156858444X
Publish date: August 24th 2010
Publisher: Nation Books
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Politics,
American History,
Short Stories,
Spanish Literature,
Latin American,
Latin American History,
Latin American Literature
Series: Memoria del fuego (#1)
Really wasn't sure I would like this book when I read the description. I wasn't sure I was up for a three volume history of the Americas in the guise of literature. But I ended up enjoying it and really looking forward to the next 2 volumes of the series (which I won't get to right away, since they ...
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